Contents

• "An inevitable and irresistible conflict" : The strange case of the disappearing American strike
• "Something of freedom is yet to come" : The early American labor movement and the right to strike
• "A nation of mock citizens" : The new American state and the right to strike, 1877-1895
• "The very instruments of democracy are often used to oppress them" : The right to strike during the progressive era
• "Let the toilers assemble" : The new deal and the modern liberal right to strike
• "Get down to the type of job you’re supposed to be doing" : World War II and the labor management relations act
• "Let us stand with a greater determination" : The National Labor Relations Act and the bifurcation of collective action in the 1960s
• "Playing hardball" : Permanent striker replacements and the limits of industrial justice
• "We deplore strikes because of the inconvenience" : Modern American liberalism and the right to strike
• "Something of slavery still remains" : The right to strike as a citizenship right